Should Seattle’s bars stay open later?

Yessiree, nothing I like better than spending the wee hours of the morning sitting in a bar.

Oh, wait. I forgot how much I like sleeping.

If Mayor Mike McGinn gets his way, Seattleites with a stronger penchant for night life will be ordering another round. Bars could stay open later.

The mayor thinks eliminating Seattle’s 2 a.m. cutoff for liquor service will make the city safer. No mass exodus of tipsy bar patrons between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m. means police will have an easier time maintaining order, McGinn says.

Letting bars close on a flexible schedule is one of several safety-oriented proposals outlined in the mayor’s Seattle Nightlife Initiative, unveiled Tuesday evening. A study commissioned by the mayor’s office calls for a pilot study that would test the flexible-hours plan.

The same study says Seattle residents could handle late last calls better than other cities. Why? Well, we’re just well-adjusted people — not to mention smart.

“The lifestyles of Seattle citizens seems to demonstrate a congruency with lower risk behaviors,” the authors of the report wrote. “Seattle increasingly takes high rankings as a city that boasts the smartest people, topping the list as most literate city and as the most educated U.S. city identified by the U.S. Census.”